Motion-augmenting pendulum-gearing.



H. L. STALEY.

MOTION AUGMENTING PENDULUM GEARING.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 25, 1912.

1,158,%& Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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COLUMBIA PLANoIImIM-l CID-,WASHINCITON. D-C.

H. L. STALEY MOTION AUGMENTING PENDULUM GEARING.

' APPLICATION FILED SEPT-25,1912.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

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JNVENTOR:

WITNESSES.-

ATTORNEY.

COLUMBIA PLANOCKRAI'H CO.,WASHINCITON, 11.2.

HARRISON L. STALEY, OF MARTIN'SVILLE, INDIANA.

MOTION-AUGMENTING IENDULUM-GEARING.

Application filed September 25, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIARRISON L. STALEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at h lartinsville, inthe county of Morgan and State of Indiana, have .invented a new and useful Improvement in Motion-Augmenting Pendulum-Gearing, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to the type of gearing that is designed to store energy imparted thereto and to give off the energy for augmenting the motion of other gearing, more especially lever actuated gearing, the invention having reference more particularly to a modification in construction of the motion augmenting pendulum gearing described in my pending application for Letters Patent of the United States, filed April 24, 1911, Serial No. 622,928.

An object of the present improvement is to provide motion augmenting gearing of the pendulum type that shall be so constructed as to be adapted for relatively high power and to be firmly supported, so as to permit relatively heavy swinging weight to be employed.

A further object is to provide relatively heavy and powerful motion augmenting pendulum gearing that shall be so constructed as to be adapted to ,be employed in connection with washing machines and without occupying appreciably greater space than required for the washing machine proper.

A still further object is to provide improvements in the construction of gearing of the above mentioned character to the end that the principal parts of the gearing, which may be subjected to'the more severe swinging or oscillatory shocks, may be advantageously formed of tough bar metal and eliminate the more frangible cast metal.

A still further object is to provide pendulum gearing of the above mentioned character that shall be so constructed as to permit of relatively short suspension for the pendulum.

A specific object is to provide a compound pendulum and heavy and compactly arranged motion augmenting gearing thereon.

With the above mentioned and other objects in view, the improvement consists in a swinging compound pendulum of novel construction, in novel motion augmenting gearing mounted on the pendulum, in a novel Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 14, 1915.

Serial No. 722,203.

support for the pendulum, and novel means for actuating the motion augmenting gearing when the pendulum is actuated. The improvement comprises also certain novel parts and combinations and arrangements of parts as hereinafter particularly described and further pointed out in the appended claims.

Referringto the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective'view of a washing machine to which the improvement is applied; Fig. 2, a vertical sectionalelevation centrally through the tub of the machine; Fig. 3, a fragmentary vertical section on the plane of the line A A in Fig. 2; Fig. 1, a fragmentary sectional plan view approximately on the line B B in Fig. 2; Fig. 5, a perspective view of one of the parts employed for connecting the motion augmenting gearing with a fixed support; Fig. 6, a fragmentary inverted sectional plan view approximately on the plane of the line C C in Fig. 3; Fig. 7, a frag mentary section approximately on the plane of the line D D in Fig. 3; Fig. 8, a frag mentary section approximately on the plane of the'line E E in Fig. 3; Fig. 9; a fragmentary perspective view showing a portion of an improved balance wheel, and Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the principal portions of the improved pendulum and its support; the motion augmenting gearing being in substantially the same position in Figs. 6, 7 and 8, being difierent from that in the preceding figures.

Similar reference characters in the various figures of the drawingsindicate corresponding elements or features of construction herein referred to.

The present improvement being particularly adaptable for washing machines, is illustrated in connection with a somewhat familiar type of washing machine which includes a tub comprising a side wall 1, a bottom 2, supporting legs 3, 4, 5, 6, a cover section 7 secured on the top of the side wall and a movable cover section 8, connected to the section 7 by means of hinges 9. The section 7 has a block 10 thereon, against which the section 8 leans when raised on its hinges to open position. A base plate 11 is secured upon the cover section 8 and has a journal-box 12 thereon that extends through the center of the section, the plate having also a pivotal stud 13 thereon. A rubberactuating shaft 14 is rotatably mounted in V the journal box and extends into the tub to prises a rubbing plate 18 mounted on the shaft so as to move up or down thereon and having slots 19 therein receiving the wings so that the plate may be rotated by the shaft, the plate being'provided with a suitable number of pins 20. An internal gear segment 21 is preferably employed and it has a hub. 22 that is rotatably mounted on the stud 13, the segment being provided with an ear 23 having a pivot 24 therein for op- I erating and controlling the segment which is in mesh with the pinion 15. A stand 25 is mounted upon the cover section '8 and supports a roller 26. A connecting rod composedof two bars 27 and27" are connected at one. end to the pivot 24 and extends at opposite sides of the roller, the opposite ends of the bars being secured to'a'filling block 28 provided with a pivot 29 to which a connecting rod part, comprising two bars 30 and 30 connected together by'means of spacing studs 31, isconnected at one end, the bars 30 and. 30' extending beyond the cover part 7 and being preferably curved downwardly opposite the wall 1 of the tub. The connecting rod is knuckle jointed by means of 'the pivot 29 so asto permit the cover part 8 to be opened without disturbing the gearingeonnections, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

A suitable pivot block32 is secured to the exterior of the wall 1 of the supporting tub. An operating lever of novel construction is provided which comprises two bars 33 and 34 spaced apart by means of tie rods 35, and they extend at opposite sides of the pivot block 32 and are connected therewith by means of a pivot pin '36, the upper portions of the bars being bent over each toward the other to constitute handle portions 37 and 38 between which a wooden handle 39 is secured, the lever being connected to the bars 30 and 30 by means of a pivot pin 40. 'The bars of the lever have off-set portions 41 and 42- on'their lower ends to which a foot bar 43 is'connected so that the operator may assist with onefoot in the operation of the lever.

In order to firmly support the motion augmenting apparatus a rail 44 is secured to the lower portions of thelegs 3 and 6 and a rail 45 is likewise secured to the legs 4 and 5, a substantial base 46 being secured to the two rails and supported thereby. Two standards 47 and 48 are fixedly supported upon the base 46 at a suitable distance apart and preferably are afforded relatively broad base portions by means of supporting base portions of two oppositely arranged journal boxes 49 and 50 secured also to the base 46 between the standards. A rocking guide bar 51 is provided which has two trunnions 52 and 53 on opposite ends thereof that are mounted in the journal boxes 49 and 50 respectively, the guide bar having a longitudinal slot or guideway 54 therein. The upper portions of the standards are provided with two pivots 55 and 56 respectively to which two pendulum arms 57 and 58 are respectively connected and swingingly supported. The upper portion of the arm 57 has a head bar 59 thereon that extends toward the arm 58, the head bar having a supporting bar 60 thereon that extends downward between the two arms 57 and 58 A foot bar 61 is integrally connected to the lower ends of the arm 58 and the bar 60. A separate foot bar extension 62 is secured to the bar 61 and extends to the arm 57 and has a journal-box 63 arranged between the arm 57 and the bar 60. The extension has an car 64 which is secured to the arm 57, and the lower end portion of the arm 57 and the car 64 have a pivot 65 connected therewith. The under side of the extension 62 has. a boss 66 and a suitable aperture that registers with an aperture 67 formed in the middle portion of the bar 61. The head bar 59 has an aperture 68 therein in alinement with the jour nal-box 63. A stud axle 69 is secured to the boss 66 and has a head 70 on its lower end supporting a gear wheel 71 that is rotatably mounted on the axle 69. The wheel 71 has spur teeth and it is provided with a crank pin 72 that projects downwardly at a suitable distance from the axis of the wheel and into the slot or guideway 54 of the guide bar, the crank pin preferablv having a roller 73 thereon that is fitted closely into the slot so as to cause the guide bar to rock when the pendulum swings the gear wheel 71, the crank pin being carried along the slot when the gear wheel rotates. lVhen at rest the pendulum, owing to the weight of its component parts including the gear wheel 71, and through the force of gravity, hangs in mid position so that the crank pin is in either end portion of the slot in the guide bar while the axis of the wheel 71 is approximately in alinement transversely with the slot. A suitable ball casing 74 having bearing balls 75 therein, of well known construction, is seated upon the head bar 59 and a shaft 76 is inserted through the casing and also through the aperture 68 and the journal box 63 and is supported by means of a hub 77 of a combination pendulum weight and balance wheel, the under side of the hub having a recess 78 therein that receives a pin 79 driven through the shaft, the pin being normally secured in the recess by a nut or other device on the upper end of the shaft, the hub being seated upon the ball casing 74. The wheel hub 77 has oblique angled spokes 80 thereon that extend radially and downwardly beyond the axis of the pivots 55 and 56 toward the foot bar 61 of the pendulum, the balance wheel comprising also a relatively heavy rim 81 connected to the ends of the spokes, it being obvious, however, that the wheel may have a dished web in lieu of the spokes. A spurtoothed pinion 82 is secured to the lower end of the shaft 76 in mesh with the gear wheel 71 and therefore the balance-wheel must rotate when the pendulum swings and the gear wheel 71 rotates, the balance wheel also swinging with the pendulum.

In order to derive the benefit of the motion augmenting gearing a suitable connecting rod is provided which preferably comprises two bars 83 and 84 spread apart between the bars 33 and 34 of the lever and connected thereto by a pivot rod 85, the bars 83 and 84 being bent so as to extend downwardly from the pivot rod to clear the balance-wheel and thence under it to the pivot 65 whereby they are connected with the lower end of the pendulum, the bars 83 and 84rbeing connected together by tie rods 86,

the lower portion of the bar 84 extending I over nearly to the bar 83.

In practical use, the tub having been properly charged and the cover section 8 closed, the handle 39 is moved by the operator forward and backward and reciprocating movement is thus imparted to the knuckled connecting rod which operates the gear segment 21 and its connections, for moving the rubbing plate 18 on the articles to be washed. The moving lever causes the pendulum to swing so that the gear wheel 71 rotates and drives the balance-wheel at high speed, the balance-wheel when set in motion being e11- abled to assist in reversing the motion of the operating lever, and also gives out the energy stored therein to operate the lever and all the gearing for a time after the actuating force on the lever is discontinued.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Gearing including a pendulum swingingly supported, a slotted guide bar, a wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, and means cooperating with the slotted guide bar for rotating the wheel on movement of the pendulum.

2. Gearing including a pendulum swingingly supported, a wheel rotatably. mounted on the pendulum and having a crank pin thereon, and means connected withthe crank pin for rotating the wheel on movement of the pendulum.

3. Gearing including a rocking guide bar, a pendulum device supported to swing over the guide bar, and a wheel rotatably mounted on the device and provided with a crank pin having sliding and also rotative connection with the guide bar, 7 g H 4. Gearing including a pivoted lever, a

pendulum device swingingly suspended, a rod connected to the lever and also to the pendulum device, a wheel rotatably mounted on the device, and means for rotating the wheel on swinging movement of the pendu lum device.

5. Gearing including a longitudinally slotted guide bar supported to rock on its longitudinal axis, a pendulum device supported to swing over the guide bar, and a wheel rotatably mounted on the device and provided with a crank pin that extends into the slot of the guide bar.

6. Gearing including a support having legs, a lever pivotally connected to the support, a pendulum swingingly supported between the legs under the support, a rod pivotally connected to the lever and also to the pendulum, and motion-augmenting apparatus movably mounted on the pendulum.

7. Gearing including a pendulum swingingly supported, a lever pivotally supported at a distance from the pendulum, a rod pivotally connected to the lever and the pendulum, a wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, and means for rotating the wheel on movement of the pendulum. I

8. Gearing including a swingingly supported pendulum, a shaft and also a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, a pinion secured to the shaft in mesh with the gear wheel, a balance-wheel secured to the shaft, and means for rotating the gear wheel on swinging movement of the pendulum.

9. Gearing including a rocking guide bar, a pendulum swingingly supported, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, a lever for swinging the pendulum, and means cooperating with the rocking guide bar for rotating the balance wheel on movement of the pendulum.

10. Gearing including a supported standard, a pendulum arm pivoted to the standard, a shaft rotatably mounted on the arm, a balance-wheel secured to the shaft and having a rim that extends about the standard and the arm, and means for rotating the shaft on movement of the arm.

11. Gearing including apendulum swingingly supported, a balance-wheel rotatably supported on the pendulum, speed increasing gearing mounted on the pendulum below the plane of the balance-wheel and operatively connected with the latter, and means for rotating the speed-increasing gearing on swinging movement of the pendulum.

12. Gearing including a fixed base, a guide bar mounted on the base, a pendulum pivotally supported to swing above the base, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, and means movably mounted on the pendulum and cooperating with the guide bar for rotating the balance wheel on movement of the pendulum.

'13. Gearing including a pendulum swingpivotally supported in a plane higher than the support of the pendulum device, a'rod pivotally connected to the lever and the pendulum device below their supports, and

means for rotatingthe weight element on movement of the pendulum device.

15. Gearing including a pendulum having two arms pivotally suspended, a shaft rotatably mounted on the pendulum adjacent to one of thetwo arms, a balance-wheel and apinion secured to the shaft, a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum "having a crank pin thereon a balance-wheel and connected with the pinion, means for swinging the pendulum, and means for rotating the gear wheelon movement of the pendulum.

1 6. Gearing including a rocking guide bar, a pendulum pivotally supported to swing transversely over the bar, a gear wheel rotatably mountedon the pendulum and provided with a crank ipin having sliding and also rotative connection with the guide bar,

a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, and means enabling the gear wheel to rotate the balance-wheel.

17. Gearing including a horizontally sup ported base, two standards mounted uprightlyv upon the base, .a pendulum having two arms pivotally connected to the two standards respectively, abalance-wheel rotatably supported on the pendulum, a pivoted lever, a rod pivotally connected to thelever and the pendulum, and means cooperating with the base and the pendulum for rotating the balance-wheel on movement of.

the lever. 7 7

18'. Gearing including a pendulum having two arms pivotally suspended, a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum and rotatably mounted on the pendulum and operatively connected with the gear wheel,

a pivoted lever, a rod pivotally connectedto the lever and also to one ofthe two arms of the pendulum, and means connected with the crank pin rotating the gear wheel on movement of the pendulum.

19. Gearing including a lever and'a pendulum separately supported to swing pivotally, means connecting the lever and the pendulum together to swing simultaneously,

motion augmenting apparatus movably mounted on the pendulum, a fixed base, and means mounted on the base enabling the apparatus to acquire momentum on movement of the pendulum by the lever for transmitting the momentum to the lever succeeding reversing of direction of motion of the lever.

20. Gearing including a support, a lever pivoted to the support, a gearing mounted on the support and operatively connected with the lever, a pendulum device pivotally hung under the support, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum device, gearing acting on movement of the pendulum device to rotate the balance-wheel, and a rod pivotally connected to the lever and the pendulum device.

21.: In washing machine gearing, the combination with a base, two journal boxes mounted on the base, and a pendulum pivotally supported to swing above the base, of a guide bar having two trunnions rotatably mounted in the journal boxes and having a slot therein extending longitudinally between the two trunnions, and agear wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum and having a crank pin thereon extending movably into the slot of the guide bar.

22. In washing machine gearing, the combination with a stationary support, a lever pivotally mounted on the support, and gearing mounted on the support and operatively connected with the lever, of a pendulum swingingly mounted under the support, a rod connected to the lever and also to the pendulum, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum, speed-increasing gearing mounted on and carried by said pendu- V lun1 and operatively connected with said balance-wheel, and means for operating the speed-increasing gearing on movement of said pendulum.

23. In washing machine gearing, the combination with a stationary support, a lever pivotally mounted on the support, and a base fixedly secured below the support, of a pendulum swingingly mounted upon the base and under the support, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on said pendulum, a rod connected to the lever and also to the pendulum, speed-increasing gearing mounted on and carried by said pendulum and operatively connected with said balance-wheel, and means cooperating with said base for rotating said gearing on movement of said pendulum.

24. In washing machine gearing, the combination with a base, of two standards fixedly mounted uprightly on the base, and a pendulum comprising two arms of different length pivotally connected to the two standards respectively, a head bar extending from the longer one toward the opposite one of the two arms, a hanger bar extending downward from the head bar between the two arms, a foot'bar extending from the lower end of the hanger bar to the lower end of said opposite one of the two arms, and an extension secured to the foot bar and having an ear securedto the longer one of the two arms.

' 25. In washing machine gearing, the com bination with a support, an operating lever pivoted tothe support, and a shaft rotatably supported, of a guide supported for movement relatively to the support, a pinion on the shaft, an internal gear segment pivotally supported adjacent to the shaft and in connection with the pinion, and a knucklejointed connecting-rod having one part pivotally connected to the gear segment and guided by said guide, the remaining part of the connecting-rod being pivotally connected to the operating-lever.

26. In washing machine gearing, the combination with a support, a lever pivotally mounted on the side of the support, and a base fixedly secured below the support, of two standards secured uprightly upon the base, a pendulum having two arms pivotally connected to the standards, a shaft rotatably mounted on the pendulum, a balance-wheel secured to the upper portion of the shaft, a pinion secured to the lower portion of the shaft, a rod pivotally connected to the lever and extending downwardly and under the balance-wheel and pivotally connected to the pendulum, a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum in mesh with said pinion, and means for rotating the gear wheel on movement of the pendulum.

27. In washing machine gearing, the combination with a support, a pivot-block secured to the side of the support, a base fixedly secured below the support, of a lever comprising two bars pivotally connected to the pivot-block, a pendulum swingingly supported upon the base, a connecting-rod comprising two bars pivotally connected to the pendulum and also to said lever, a foot-bar connected to the lower portions of the two bars of the lever, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on said pendulum, speed-increasing gearing mounted on the pendulum and operatively connected with the balance-wheel, and means cooperating with said base for actuating the said gearing on movement of said pendulum.

28. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a pendulum device, a support extending under and also above the pendulum device and provided with pivoting means swingingly supporting the pendulum device, actuating means mounted on the support above the axis of rotation of the pivoting means, means operatively connecting the pendulum device with the actuating means for enabling the actuating means to swing the pendulum device, and a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum device and provided with means for rotating the balance-wheel.

29. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a pendulum having two arms .swingingly supported, a balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum and having a rim extendingabout one of the arms, a crank device rotatably mounted on the pendulum and having a crank pin thereon,

means operatively connecting the balancewheel with the crank device, and means connected with the crank pin for rotating the crank device on swinging movement of the pendulum.

30. Inwashing machine gearing, the combination of a supporting structure, a pendulum device swingingly supported under the structure and including speed-increasing apparatus and a rotatable balance-wheel connected with the apparatus, and actuating means having support on the structure and operatively connected with the pendulum device.

31. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a supporting structure, a lever pivotally supported on one side of the structure, and motionaugmenting pendulum gearing including rotatable and swinging means movably supported under the structure and operatively connected with the lever.

32. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a pendulum device swingingly supported, a shaft rotatably mounted on the device in vertical arrangement, a balancewheel fixedly secured to the shaft, and an actuating device'rotatably mounted on the pendulum device below the wheel and having operative connection with the shaft below the wheel for rotating the shaft.

33. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a pendulum device, a pivot supporting the device, a shaft rotatably mounted on the device in vertical arrangement and extending below the axis of the pivot, a balance-wheel secured to the shaft, and an actuating device fixed on the shaft below the axis of the pivot for rotating the shaft.

3a. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a supported guide bar, a pendulum device supported to swing above the guide bar, a wheel rotatably mounted on the pendulum device, and connecting means having movable actuating contact with the guide bar for rotating the wheel on swinging movement of the pendulum device.

35. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a pendulum device swingingly supported, a supported guide, a combination weight and balance-wheel rotatably mounted on the device, and connecting means cooperating with the guide for rotating the combination weight and balance-wheel on swinging movement of the device.

36. In washing machine gearing, the combination of a pendulum device, a pivot supporting the device, a shaft rotatably mounted on the device in vertical arrangement and extending above the axis of the pivot, and

a balance-Wheelsecured to the shaft above pin for rotating the gear Wheel on swing- 1 and extending below the axis of the pivot. ing movement of the pendulum device.

37. In gearing, a pendulum device sWing- In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature ingly supported and having a shaftand also in presence of two Witnesses. a. gear. Wheelrotatably supported thereon,

HARRISON L. STALEY. the gear Wheel havlng a crank .pln, a-p1n1on fixed on the shaft and meshing With the gear Witnesses:

wheel, a" balance Wheel fixedly secured to the E. T. SILvIUs,

shaft, and means cooperating with the crank P; A. HAVELICK.

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